By: The Canadian Press
TORONTO - The Ontario Liberals say layoffs at a Windsor solar panel plant are just the first of many job losses the province will see under a Tory government.
Economic Development Minister Sandra Pupatello says Windsor's Siliken Canada itself attributed the loss in part to PC Leader Tim Hudak's stance on the province's Green Energy Act.
His plan to kill the plan's feed-in-tariff program, she says, is sending a chill down the green energy investment business.
Progressive Conservative Peter Shurman says that's simply not the case, noting that the company also complained about slow approval times for projects from the Ontario Power Authority and Hydro One.
Pupatello says the agencies are working to improve their approval times and are simply going through some growing pains as they adjust to the new energy policy.
Job numbers from Statistics Canada show Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia all posted employment gains in June, with Ontario adding 40,000 new jobs after a slight drop in May.